108 MANAGEMENT OF HOUNDS. 



I cannot too often impress upon huntsmen and their 

 assistants, that undue severity is not only shameful to 

 those who practise it, but always fails to ensure that 

 willing obedience upon which the steadiness and efficiency 

 of a pack of foxhounds entirely depends. I was looking 

 over a lot of hounds a short time since, got together by 

 a friend of mine, and there were no less than three un- 

 entered hounds from one kennel, which had each lost an 

 eye. These hounds had been put forward to enter, and 

 been broken in before they came into my friend's pos- 

 session. He and I both attributed the loss of their eyes, 

 being all gone on the same side, to the whip of some 

 brute of a whipper-in, who deserved to be nearly flayed 

 himself. The manner in which dogs and horses are 

 treated by some miscreants, is a disgrace to human 

 nature. The chief blame, however, rests with masters, 

 who will employ savages of this description. If one gen- 

 tleman is responsible to another for the conduct of his 

 servants, when insolent or guilty of reckless conduct, 

 surely he will be held responsible for that servant's cruelty 

 to the dumb animals entrusted to his care. One can 

 generally form a tolerably accurate opinion of the master 

 from the man. The servant of a real gentleman, that is, 

 one by principles and feelings a gentleman, not by,.money 

 and adventitious circumstances, will, to a certain extent, 

 reflect his master's character, well knowing that his situ- 

 ation depends upon his proper deportment. Show me 

 the servants, and I can pretty well tell you the character 

 of the master. 



Time being called, and the coffee-housing business 

 over, we will now proceed to the business of the dciy. If 

 possible, the huntsman will of course draw up wind, save 



